HP IP Distance Gateway - Manual (Page 8)

1 Overview
This chapter provides a description of the mpx110 and an overview of FCIP.
mpx110 product description
The HP IP Distance Gateway (referred to as the mpx110) provides FC SAN extension over an IP
network. Used in conjunction with the P10000/3PAR, P6000/EVA, and P9000/XP storage system
families, HP Continuous Access P6000/EVA, P9000/XP, and P10000/3PAR Remote Copy
software, the mpx110 provides long-distance remote replication for disaster tolerance.
A base FCIP configuration consists of a minimum of two mpx110 gateways—one for the local site
and one for the remote site. A single mpx110 gateway is HP part number AG680A—HP IP Distance
Gateway. One mpx110 per site is required. See
“FCIP overview” (page 9) .
Optional equipment
HP part number AG681A—HP IP Distance Gateway Upgrade (single mpx110 gateway for
redundancy, one per site required) is available for hardware redundancy.
The following configurations implement redundant pairs of gateways:
•
FCIP fully redundant, high-availability configuration (page 10)
•
Redundant pairs of gateways, one long-distance link (page 12)
•
Redundant pairs of gateways, two long-distance links (page 13)
•
Redundant pairs of gateways, fully redundant long-distance links (page 13)
NOTE: See Configuration rules and guidelines (page 11) for additional required and optional
equipment for your configuration.
8 Overview